Supply Chain Management and Reverse Logistics

The world of logistics has considerably changed due to globalization, modern information technology, and especially increasing ecological awareness. Large Supply Chain Management (SCM) systems are developing to global logistic networks. This book reflects major trends of the recent decade in SCM and presents ideas and visions for logistic networks. Among the various aspects of SCM, emphasis is placed on reverse logistics: closing the loop of a supply chain by integrating waste materials into logistic management decisions.

State of the art in Supply Chain Management Special focus on Reverse Logistics

Inhalt
The Expansion of Supply Chains to Closed Loop Systems: A Conceptual Framework and the Automotive Industry's Point of View.- Integrating Spent Products' Material into Supply Chains: The Recycling of End-Of-Life Vehicles as an Example.- Recovery Planning in Closed Loop Supply Chains: An Activity Analysis Based Approach.- Product Recovery Behaviour in a Closed Loop Supply Chain.- Inventory Management in Closed Loop Supply Chains.- Production-Inventory Control in an EOQ-Type Reverse Logistics System.- Networks in Reverse Logistics.- Environmental-Oriented Coordination of Supply Networks.- Architectures of Transportation Networks and their Effects on Economic Efficiency.- Cash Flow- and Inventory-Oriented Coordination of the Supply Chain.- The Bullwhip Effect and its Suppression in Supply Chain Management.- Aggregation of Mixed Integer Production Models by Shadow Prices in Supply Chain Management.- Customer Orientation in Advanced Planning Systems.- Order Picking: A Survey of Planning Problems and Methods.- Advanced Purchasing and Order Optimization.- Optimal Maintenance in the Supply Chain.- Hybrid Flow Shop Scheduling with Batching Requirements.- Information System for Supporting Supply Chain Management.